About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineer, Costing based in India.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage seasonal development costing milestones, activities, and deliverables across relevant teams and manufacturing partners.
- Champion connectivity and effective information sharing between sourcing, brand, material, planning, vendors, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
- Lead vendor negotiations using fact-based costing methodologies, product engineering insights, and profitability analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Partner with development sourcing teams on vendor allocation decisions by providing FOB and landed-cost perspectives that support sourcing strategies.
- Promote adherence to established costing processes and governance standards across costing operations teams and vendor partners.
- Track, analyze, and report key costing metrics to support transparency, efficiency, and organizational performance.
- Drive continuous improvement by eliminating redundant activities, automating repetitive tasks, and optimizing costing processes for greater productivity and value.
- Provide leadership and collaboration across the product supply organization, promoting strong performance standards and effective partnerships.
- Lead and contribute to cross-functional projects, business analyses, and transformation initiatives in a diverse and fast-moving environment.
- Support the modernization and standardization of costing methodologies through scalable, data-driven, and efficient approaches.
Requirements
- Minimum 4 years of experience in industrial garment manufacturing, a buying office, or a trading company.
- Strong understanding of technical specifications, Bills of Materials (BOMs), garment construction, and product costing concepts.
- Demonstrated knowledge or interest in development costing processes, sourcing strategies, and allocation methodologies.
- Knowledge of fabric weaving, fabric construction, and different dyeing processes is a plus.
- Familiarity with embellishment techniques such as printing, embroidery, and quilting is advantageous.
- Experience with sweater knits and accessories is an additional advantage.
- Strong negotiation, analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to support business decisions.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders, build consensus, and bring teams together to resolve complex issues.
- Experience with change adoption, business process redesign, reengineering, or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities within a global or matrixed environment, combined with strategic and innovative thinking.
- Strong digital and analytical mindset with an interest in efficiency, automation, new technologies, and process innovation.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including diplomacy, active listening, openness, clarity, and concise communication.
- High level of accountability, ownership, initiative, and willingness to proactively connect teams and solve problems.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Conditions
- Full-time opportunity within a global product sourcing and development environment.
- Opportunity to influence costing strategies and processes supporting a large and diverse product portfolio.
- Exposure to cross-functional teams, international manufacturing partners, and global sourcing operations.
- Opportunity to contribute to process modernization, automation, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Professional development through exposure to advanced costing methodologies, product engineering, sourcing strategies, and business transformation.
- Collaborative environment with opportunities to lead projects and work with stakeholders across multiple business functions.
- Opportunity to develop expertise in data-driven costing, profitability optimization, and product cost management.